The Complete Wendel by Howard Cruse

Originally published in The Advocate
during most of the 1980s, Howard Cruse’s WENDEL is
widely considered to be the first gay comic strip to be
featured in
mainstream media. A topical and heartfelt chronicle of
one gay man’s
journey through the often-rocky Reagan-Bush era, the
strip became a seminal
moment in comics history, and paved the way for an
entire new generation of
storytellers.

This fat 288-page collection edition
includes every episode as well as an all-new “Where Are
They Now?” strip in
which we see what Wendel, Ollie, Sterno,
and the rest of Cruse’s beloved characters are up to
today. Preface by Cruse and
an Introduction by Alison Bechdel, National
Book Critics Circle Award finalist for Fun
Home.

“Old Admirers will revel again at
Wendel’s exploits at
work and at play. Newcomers, look at Wendel’s first
exploit and then buy two books, one for a friend. (If
you lend your copy you will never get it back.) Everyone
loves Wendel!” —Sir
Ian McKellen

Originally published in The Advocate
during most of the 1980s, Howard Cruse’s WENDEL is
widely considered to be the first gay comic strip to be
featured in
mainstream media. A topical and heartfelt chronicle of
one gay man’s
journey through the often-rocky Reagan-Bush era, the
strip became a seminal
moment in comics history, and paved the way for an
entire new generation of
storytellers.

This fat 288-page collection edition
includes every episode as well as an all-new “Where Are
They Now?” strip in
which we see what Wendel, Ollie, Sterno,
and the rest of Cruse’s beloved characters are up to
today. Preface by Cruse and
an Introduction by Alison Bechdel, National
Book Critics Circle Award finalist for Fun
Home.

“Old Admirers will revel again at
Wendel’s exploits at
work and at play. Newcomers, look at Wendel’s first
exploit and then buy two books, one for a friend. (If
you lend your copy you will never get it back.) Everyone
loves Wendel!” —Sir
Ian McKellen